Q Combinations 18: Shishkin’s Wild North and Rossetti’s Christmas Eve
Happy Christmas one and all! This Christmas Combo is only 2 days late, but the meanings and wonder it points us to are by no means time-sensitive, nor do they have an expiry date! I saw this painting at the start of the month in the National Gallery of Russian Art in Kyiv, Ukraine. It […]
Power 2: The miasma of power abuse
To assume that what is going on with Trump, Weinstein, Spacey et al is ‘merely’ about transgressing sexual boundaries is woefully inadequate and patronising. Is not good enough to head off for some therapy at a health spa either, as seems to be the celeb response of choice. Because it is about power abuse in […]
Singing into the Light: U2’s Songs of Experience wordle
I’m not quite sure why I first did this, but started making wordles for U2 albums a while back. So naturally, with a new album out this week, I wanted to do another. I’ve had all kinds of things buzzing around my head while listening. Will perhaps inflict my thoughts on the world in due […]
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 112 (December 2017)
Sacred Treasure Former LibDem leader, Tim Farron has been saying some really important things in the last week about the state and nature of western liberalism. Here is his original Theos lecture: What Kind of Liberalism do we want? Then a follow-up article he wrote for the Guardian: Liberalism has eaten itself And an interview […]
